ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,181, issued on May 20, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

"Capacitor element, module, and semiconductor composite device" was invented by Akitomo Takahashi (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Takeshi Furukawa (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Koshi Himeda (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A capacitor element that includes: a capacitor portion including an anode plate having a porous portion on a core portion, a dielectric layer on the porous portion, and a cathode layer on the dielectric layer; a first cathode through conductor and a second cathode through conductor each penetrating the dielectric layer and the...